DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/09/2006    Duedate: 10/21/2006

DULLENS ARENA

DM-13    TURN-462

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

LU-LIGHTNING
KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
(13-4900) [17-8-0,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

LU-LIGHTNING                   POSITION IS EMPTY
KIRKWOOD 1 (535)               
(13-4900) [17-8-0,115]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ST-STUMP RUN                   ST-STUMP RUN
KIRKWOOD 1 (535)               KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
(13-4899) [14-11-0,90]         (13-4899) [14-11-0,90]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

KIRKWOOD 1 (535)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KING CHARACTERS (549)       40
2. DREAMERS (539)              18PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
3. ARENA FELINES II (530)       0      Unchartered Team
4. CON ZAL CON2 (546)           0
5. MOMMY DEAREST (543)          0      KING CHARACTERS (549)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CON ZAL CON2 (546)        13   5  3 72.2   1/ 2 KIRKWOOD 1 (535)          9  3 0
 2- 2 MOMMY DEAREST (543)       59  40  7 59.6   2/ 3 DREAMERS (539)            9  6 1
 3/ 3 PERFECTION QUEST 1 (527)  68  52  5 56.7   3/ 6*KING CHARACTERS (549)     5  5 0
 4- 4 ARENA FELINES II (530)    60  58  2 50.8   4/ 4 PERFECTION QUEST 1 (527)  4  7 0
 5/ 5 KIRKWOOD 1 (535)          64  62  1 50.8   5- 1*CON ZAL CON2 (546)        3  5 0
 6/ 8*KING CHARACTERS (549)      5   5  0 50.0   6- 5 MOMMY DEAREST (543)       2  0 0
 7/ 7 DREAMERS (539)            53  77  4 40.8   7- 7 ARENA FELINES II (530)    0  3 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, DULLENS?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Later days, CON ZAL CON2, since KIRKWOOD 
1 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  If this keeps up, CON ZAL 
CON2, you'll have to shine swords instead of use them.  A drop of 4 in the rankings?  
KING CHARACTERS turned their 3-2-0 turn into a 3rd place rank in the listings this 
turn.  Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all 
terribly impressed to see ST-STUMP RUN win a fight and gain 18 points, terribly.  
Tsk, tsk, LOST POTATO FARMER beat PS-SHORT SPOKE and PS-SHORT SPOKE lost 19 points.  
You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, DULLENS may be 
getting bland, as LU-LIGHTNING stays top dog in the city.  Kickbacks and bribes, 
kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights?  
Skill?  Ha!   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
DULLENS, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  PERFECTION QUEST 13 the most 
avoided team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And it looks like KIRKWOOD 1 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.  PS-SHORT SPOKE was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now 
was the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone 
else.  Anyway, this turn it came.  SUPERIOR TRICKS' 16-4-1 has earned it the Dark 
Arena.  Now hey, I like to see a death as much as the next guy, but hey PERFECTION 
QUEST 13, whyja send SUPERIOR TRICKS to the Dark Arena, look at its record, huh?  
Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  Certain nameless 
cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Just wait 'till next time I show up 
here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I must 
leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LU-LIGHTNING 4900            17   8  0   115       KIRKWOOD 1 (535)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LULLABY LUNGER 4969          14  11  0    91       DREAMERS (539)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ST-STUMP RUN 4899            14  11  0    90       KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
 PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901          13  12  0    90       KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
-NORMAN BATES SL 4977         14   5  1    84       MOMMY DEAREST (543)
 WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842        13  11  1    83       PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
 WS-THE WALL 4898             14  11  1    76       KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
 WISHFULL WALL 4987           10  15  0    69       DREAMERS (539)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026       13  10  3    64       PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
-SIGMOND FREUD - ST 5062       8   6  3    61       MOMMY DEAREST (543)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLEEPY STRIKER 5066           8   8  2    55       DREAMERS (539)
 SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085      7   5  0    55       DREAMERS (539)
 BEDTIME BASHER 5068           7  10  2    45       DREAMERS (539)
-CARRIE PR 4978                9   3  1    43       MOMMY DEAREST (543)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RIP 5103                      2   1  1    27       CON ZAL CON2 (546)
 CHRISTINE 5124                2   0  0    24       KING CHARACTERS (549)
 CARRIE 5127                   2   0  0    24       KING CHARACTERS (549)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SLUSH 5104                    3   1  0    23       CON ZAL CON2 (546)
-SCUMBOY 5102                  2   1  0    18       CON ZAL CON2 (546)
-ABS 5105                      3   1  1    17       CON ZAL CON2 (546)
 POKE 5141                     1   0  0    16       KING CHARACTERS (549)
-ULTIMATE FELINE 5132          0   2  0     3       ARENA FELINES II (530)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
PIKE 5101              3  1 1 CON ZAL CON2 546      BEDTIME BASHER 5068   461         
BOBBY TERRY 5139       0  1 0 KING CHARACTERS 549   THE ARETHA FRANKL 385 462 NONE    
JULE 5140              0  1 0 KING CHARACTERS 549   SALTMARSH OGRE 386    462 NONE    
SUPERIOR TRICKS 5027  16  5 1 PERFECTION QUEST  527 SALTMARSH OGRE 386    462 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

14 September 2006
     I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a
novice and clueless manager.
     Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless
manager.
     I am looking to recover some old warriors.  Since none of them are Aimed Blows,
they are no threat to win anything.  I just want to see how they turned out.

The Couatl 2-17
Madam Butterfly 20-701
Gypsy Moth 20-703
King Crab 21-1
Priestess Python 26-1388

Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient
warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times.

25 September 2006
It is obvious that the Dark Knights wish to be shown the light.  Allow me to step
forward and blind them with truth.  YOU ARE WORTHLESS!!!  The Dark Knights are so
afraid of the light that they hide behind their black armor and empty threats.  It is
too bad they are unwilling to actually FIGHT us!  I guess our natural light is too
bright for you all to face!  Fear us, for we are here! -- Gemini Goldphoenix,
Overlord of the Avengers of Light!

5 October 2006
*Turf War IV Rules*

     Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances
created to compete in the Turf War! However, to participate, each alliance must:
     A.  Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM
         47) newsletter.
Captains are responsible for:
     a.  verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance;
     b.  distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
Managers must:
     a.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Gift Certificate to participate to:
          Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM 47 -- North Fork, or
          Rick Stringer
          13 St. Michael's CT
          Elkton, MD 21921
     b.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance
         they will be fighting under in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
Rules:
     1.  No scoring will begin until a Gift Cert is received.  No exceptions.
     2.  Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare and be verified by the
         Captain of the alliance he/she has claimed for;
     3.  Only one (1) team per player may compete.  NO multiple aliases please.
         Violations will result in disqualification.
     4.  The contest will begin on the turn following the January F2F and run for 12
         turns.
     5.  The turn  a declaration and verification will begin the scoring process.
     6.  No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 10 of the Turf
         War 5.
     7.  For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions.
Scoring:
                  Win     Loss     Kill     Die
Challenge          +2      -2       +5       -5
Match-Up           +1      -1       +1       -5
Bloodfeud          +2      -5       +5      -10
Champion           x2      x2       x2       x2
Downchallenge     -10      xx      -10       xx
Dark Arena        +10      -5       xx       xx
Special Scoring:
     a.  Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 2 points (team mentions only!)
     b.  Each Style Master is worth 2 points.
     c.  Duelmaster Throne is worth 2 points
Champions:
     a.  Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory.  If declared, the Champion
         must be in the Adepts or lower brackets on the turn they are declared
         without having gone above the Adepts bracket at any time...including
         transferred teams.  (I'll be watching for this occurrence!)
Bloodfeuds:
     a.  Bloodfeuds count for all four (4) turns.  However, the same warrior may not
         be used all four turns.  4 turns means 4 separate warriors.  A penalty of
         -10 will be given to the team who violates this.
Special Conditions:
     a.  I reserve the right for all final decisions.
     b.  If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2.
     c.  If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong, I'll subtract points at the rate of
         x10.
     d.  Each alliance begins with zero (0) points.
     e.  Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty
         (this means a warrior with 0 FE).
     f.  TVs won after the contest begins gain a 25 point one time score once the
         tourney reports are posted in the NL.
     g.  TCs won after the contest begins gain a 50 point one time score with the
         same conditions as noted for TVs.
     h.  NO switching alliance once verified by an alliance that a team has declared
         for.
     i.  Only 7 teams are permitted per alliance for the Turf War 5.
PRIZES:
     Turf Wars are a "Winner Takes All" type contest.  All prizes and 100% of the RU
Certs will be given to the Captain of the winning alliance and it is his/her
responsibility to give these to the alliance membership.
     I have requested from RSI the following:
     a.  renaming of the orth Fork (DM 47) arena;
     b.  renaming of Dark Arena Monsters;
     c.  known favourite rhythms for one warrior on each team of the winning
         alliance.  This warrior would be in the Initiates or above brackets on the
         last turn of the Turf War (they must have at least one arena fight to
         receive this award).
               Baphomet, Host of TW5
Special Note:  A downchallenge is considered from a higher bracket to a lower
bracket.  Same bracket, more recognition points?  Not a downchallenge!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUPERIOR TRICKS was dealt death by SALTMARSH OGRE in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
BOBBY TERRY was murdered by THE ARETHA FRANKLIN in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
JULE was assassinated by SALTMARSH OGRE in a unpopular 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
LULLABY LUNGER bested WS-THE WALL in a exciting 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
LU-LIGHTNING devastated WISHFULL WALL in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Title duel.
PS-SHORT SPOKE was beaten by LOST POTATO FARMER in a popular 3 minute master's brawl.
WANTON SLAUGHTER lost to ST-STUMP RUN in a action packed 3 minute gory expert's duel.
SLEEPY STRIKER vanquished TEDDY BEAR OF DEATH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BEDTIME BASHER was overpowered by SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE in a 1 minute uneven match.
SWEET DREAM STRIKER overpowered TEDDY BEAR OF DEATH in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CHRISTINE demolished CRANKY OLD COOT in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
CARRIE devastated CRANKY OLD COOT in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
POKE bested SCUMORAMA in a 2 minute amateur's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    32 -  17 -  1      65  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         STRIKING ATTACK   41 -  37 -  2      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  22 -  0      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW         7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK    31 -  31 -  4      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  11 -  0      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL     26 -  30 -  1      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  21 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -  11 -  0      27  |

Turn 462 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  3         3  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         3  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   LU-LIGHTNING 4900          17   8  0  115 KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
STRIKING ATTACK  ST-STUMP RUN 4899          14  11  0   90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
PARRY-STRIKE     PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901        13  12  0   90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535)
WALL OF STEEL    WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842      13  11  1   83 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
SLASHING ATTACK  SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026     13  10  3   64 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ST-STUMP RUN 4899.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ST-STUMP RUN 4899.  The ten other most popular fighters were LULLABY LUNGER 
4969, PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901, LU-LIGHTNING 4900, SLEEPY STRIKER 5066, POKE 5141, WANTON 
SLAUGHTER 4842, SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085, CHRISTINE 5124, BOBBY TERRY 5139, and 
SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026.

The least popular fighter this week was JULE 5140.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BEDTIME BASHER 5068, WISHFULL WALL 4987, WS-THE WALL 4898, CARRIE 5127, 
SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026, BOBBY TERRY 5139, CHRISTINE 5124, SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085, 
WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842, and POKE 5141.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

SUPERIOR TRICKS (13-5027) PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)